John Kulig wrote:
That is, right-wingers sometimes combine two
incompatible ideas: (1) don't help the poor because
everyone should be able to pull themselves up by
their bootstraps , and (2) the poor, unemployed, etc.
are stuck there because of genetic inferiority (putting
it too crudely perhaps).
Ironically black kids learned more and came out very scholarly in the
days of segregation.
So did white kids. Don't confuse causation and correlation.
Chris Green
I am not sure what Chris means. This is the fallacy of assumed equity.
White kids always had privileges at
Chris Green writes:
currently in Montreal... reading and enjoying _The Spirit Level:
Why Equlaity is Better for Everyone_, in which Oliver James is
occasionally cited, which I am sure will rankle Allen's apparently
reflexive Toryism. :-)
Ignoring the smiley (which just possibly may be a device
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- Original Message -
From: Allen Esterson allenester...@compuserve.com
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 5:14:19 AM
Subject: RE: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
Chris
Mike Palij (copied below) quotes from an article by the British
psychotherapist Oliver James. TIPSters in North America will probably
not know that James is a ubiquitous pop psychologist always popping up
on the pages of The Guardian or on BBC radio programmes.
His most notable characteristic
Rick Froman writes in appreciation of Mike Palij's quotations from
Oliver James's article in The Guardian Why genes are leftwing:
Good point. The media is widely known for their
right wing proclivities.
Hey! We don't all live in the States!
The most influential medium in the UK, the BBC, is
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:22:47 -0700, Allen Esterson wrote:
Rick Froman writes in appreciation of Mike Palij's quotations from
Oliver James's article in The Guardian Why genes are leftwing:
Good point. The media is widely known for their
right wing proclivities.
Hey! We don't all live in the
: Saturday, October 16, 2010 4:22 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
Rick Froman writes in appreciation of Mike Palij's quotations from
Oliver James's article in The Guardian Why genes are leftwing:
Good point. The media is widely known
On 15 Oct 2010, Mike Palij (standard disclaimers apply) wrote:
The answer to the question in the subject line appears to be Yes,
at least that is the contention of Oliver James in an article that he
wrote for the Guardian U.K.; see:
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rfro...@jbu.edu
From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 7:24 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:22
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Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
Mike Palij
Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:25:09 -0700
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:22:47 -0700, Allen Esterson wrote:
Rick Froman writes in appreciation of Mike Palij's quotations from
Oliver James's article in The Guardian Why genes
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:49:00 -0700, Rick Froman wrote:
My point was simply that it is ridiculous to believe 1) that the media
in the US is so monolithic and dominated by the right-wing (of all
things) that scientific findings favoring the left-wing would be
suppressed and 2) that a genetic
Springs, AR 72761
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From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:29 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: RE: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
.
Re: (2) Except that genetic explanations
Sciences
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Siloam Springs, AR 72761
rfro...@jbu.edu
From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:29 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: RE: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
.
Re
From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:29 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: RE: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
.
Re: (2) Except that genetic explanations have a long history in
right-wing
politics and environmental
Subject: RE: Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?
.
Re: (2) Except that genetic explanations have a long history in
right-wing
politics and environmental explanation have a long history in left-wing
politics. As we learn more about gene-environment interactions, the
overly simplistic conceptions
Chris Green
currently in Montreal... reading and enjoying _The Spirit Level: Why
Equlaity is Better for Everyone_, in which Oliver James is occasionally
cited, which I am sure will rankle Allen's apparently reflexive Toryism.
:-)
=
Ironically black kids learned more and
michael sylvester wrote:
Chris Green
currently in Montreal... reading and enjoying _The Spirit Level: Why
Equlaity is Better for Everyone_, in which Oliver James is occasionally
cited, which I am sure will rankle Allen's apparently reflexive
Toryism. :-)
=
Ironically black
I don't know about that.but I do subscribe to a handedness theory of
politics.It does appear that left-handed presidents initiate and maintain
more social programs to help the poor than presidents who are right
handed.Lefties seem to be
more kind and compassionate and make better husbands.
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